Over the years, the general public has heard both sides of the issue on whether long term exposure to cell phone radiation is harmful to humans and medical studies, unfortunately, have shown contradictory results leading to further debate.

One new medical study is looking at mobile phone radiation in a different light and has suggested that the electromagnetic radiation from a mobile could in fact be beneficial and protect people from the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

The study conducted at the Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centre was performed with 96 laboratory mice that were genetically modified to develop beta-amyloid plaques in the brain that mimic the development of Alzheimer’s in humans. These altered mice were then exposed to radiation emitted from a standard cell phone for one hour, twice-a-day and over a seven to nine month period.

The results of the study showed that if exposure began before the mice became older adults, the mice’s memory and thinking ability appeared to be protected as they grew older. Even more remarkable, the study showed that if the same genetically altered untreated mice began to experience memory problems as they were older, exposure to the same cell phone radiation treatment would help alleviate memory issues.

Lead researcher Professor Gary Arendash cautions that further research needs to be conducted to examine the mechanism that causes mobile phone emissions to be beneficial in these special Alzheimer’s type mice. Right now it is not clear if the mobile radiation treatment could be beneficial in humans as well.

Arendashm says:

We don’t recommend spending 24 hours a day on a mobile phone – we don’t know the long-term effects, and bills could go through the roof.